Back on the morning of June 7, 1982, a man walked into the New York branch of the Middle East Bank on the 25th floor of a Madison Avenue office building and tried to deposit a $2 million check. The man, a native of the United Arab Emirates, left without Trying to bilk the Scientologists By JIM SCHUH | September 25, 2009

For it’s 2009 Biennial, the Portland Museum of Art whittled down 970 applicants to just 17 Maine (or at least Maine-affiliated) artists. The 2009 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, April 8 to June 7, 2009 By PHOENIX STAFF | May 01, 2009

"You know," Paulus observes, "we are the American Repertory Theatre, and we haven't spent a lot of time in the repertoire on American drama." Next season's greetings from the American Repertory Theatre By CAROLYN CLAY | April 17, 2009

I recently had the "was that real, or did I dream that?" feeling about the upcoming Spider-Man musical featuring songs by U2, and I happily concluded that it was a dream. Plus Lynched Beatles, and a misleading Baby By DAVID THORPE | April 17, 2009

Nick Hornby’s new novel is about a boy. Not About a Boy . Irvine Welsh’s new short story collection is filthy. Not Filth . As Nick Hornby and Irvine Welsh face 50, two of Brit Lit’s standard-bearers stare down middle age in very different ways
By MIKE MILIARD | October 11, 2007

What’s the big deal about Kate Atkinson? If you read the rapturous reviews of her previous novel, Case Histories , you’d conclude she had written an engrossing mystery that was, you know, more than just a mystery. Kate Atkinson’s fear of genre By CHARLES TAYLOR | December 05, 2006

Some are simple slabs, inscribed only with a name and two dates. Others are enormous and imposing: stylized Etruscan sarcophagi, sculpted Grecian urns. Mount Auburn Cemetery looks back on 175 years — and ahead to an eternal future By MIKE MILIARD | November 30, 2006

“It’s just a tacky play on words — a typically stupid Supergrass thing to do,” says Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes when I mention the title of the band’s new album. Supergrass's Road to Rouen ; plus music video at the MFA By MATT ASHARE | February 09, 2006

With their frenetic guitars, near-indecipherable vocals, and lo-fi production, Fire Engines are the least likely ’80s post-punk band to be experiencing a revival of sorts. CODEX TEENAGE PREMONITION | Domino By RYAN FOLEY | January 23, 2006